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Comptia Project + Project Management

Subjects : certifications, comptia-project-+, it-skills

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1. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
Monte Carlo analysis
external deliverable
monitor and control project work (Process)
free float

2. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
identify risks (Process)
summary activity
precedence relationship
project management process group

3. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
verification
close project or phase (Process)
slack
planned value (PV)

4. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
risk tolerance
activity code
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
special cause

5. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
constraint (Input)
brainstorming (Technique)
early start date (ES)
lessons learned(Output/Input)

6. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
backward pass
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
product
preventative action

7. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project
schedule model (Tool)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
simulation
project management team

8. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
log
close project or phase (Process)
methodology
project quality management (Knowledge Area)

9. Budgeted cost of work scheduled
practice
BCWS
configuration management system (Tool)
projectized organization

10. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status
triggers
performance reports (Output/Input)
forecast
finish to finish (FF)

11. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
define scope (Process)
report performance (Process)
requirement
perform quality control (Process)

12. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
project management team
change control board (CCB)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
scope creep

13. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
scope creep
early finish date (EF)
matrix organization
near critical activity

14. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.
regulation
quality management plan (Output/Input)
practice
to complete performance index (TCPI)

15. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
standard
progressive elaboration (Technique)
resource breakdown structure
program management

16. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract
work breakdown structure dictionary
conduct procurements (Process)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)

17. Organizational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain.
BCWP
schedule compression
matrix organization
project management office (PMO)

18. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
program management
communications management plan (Output/Input)
determine budget (Process)
approved change request (Output/Input)

19. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
predecessor activity
historical information
assumptions
verification

20. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.
scope baseline
methodology
lag (Technique)
work breakdown structure dictionary

21. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
sensitivity analysis
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
virtual team
path convergence

22. Graphic display of schedule related information.
estimate activity resources (Process)
code of accounts (Tool)
plan communications (Process)
Gantt chart (Tool)

23. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.
project manager
deliverable (Output/Input)
requirements traceability matrix
defect repair

24. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
schedule compression
request for information (RFI)
methodology
perform quality control (Process)

25. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
duration (DU or DUR)
constraint (Input)
executing processes (Process Group)

26. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector
lessons learned(Output/Input)
risk mitigation (Technique)
application area
schedule performance index (SPI)

27. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into
technique
communications management plan (Output/Input)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)

28. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
develop human resource plan (Process)
work authorization system (Tool)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
reserve analysis (Technique)

29. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
executing processes (Process Group)
brainstorming (Technique)
assumptions analysis (Technique)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)

30. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
produce scope
analogous estimating (Technique)
specification
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)

31. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
resource leveling (Technique)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
workaround
develop schedule (Process)

32. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
performance measurement baseline
template
initiating processes (Process Group)

33. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders
work authorization system (Tool)
lag (Technique)
project management
distribute information (Process)

34. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
late finish date (LF)
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
authority
expert judgment (Technique)

35. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
Delphi technique (Technique)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)

36. A component of work performed during the course of a project
executing processes (Process Group)
s-curve
activity
activity attributes (Output/Input)

37. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
calendar unit
work performance information
co-location (Technique)
budget

38. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
lessons learned knowledge base
Monte Carlo analysis
calendar unit
path convergence

39. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups
methodology
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
BCWP
start to finish (SF)

40. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
start date
work performance information
performance reports (Output/Input)

41. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
duration (DU or DUR)
opportunity
plan quality (Process)
scope change

42. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.
late start date (LS)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
milestone
forward pass

43. A product - result or service generated by a process
secondary risk
output (Process)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)

44. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
preventative action
risk register (Output/Input)
fast tracking (Technique)
technique

45. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com
start to finish (SF)
define scope (Process)
risk
late start date (LS)

46. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
precedence relationship
total float
finish to start (FS)
lessons learned knowledge base

47. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date
work package
activity duration
scheduled finish date (SF)
resource breakdown structure

48. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
collect requirements (Process)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
actual cost (AC)
risk register (Output/Input)

49. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
path divergence
project life cycle
assumptions analysis (Technique)
functional manager

50. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
project management team
technique
report performance (Process)
role